Three hundred small tomato growers located in Braziliannortheast states, supplied a processing industry. In view of the largenumber of contract hazards and weak enforcement of clauses, managershave decided to move to the Midwest, where a reduced number of largerfarmers have been contracted. The...

O desenvolvimento do complexo agroindustrial da soja no Brasil deu-se, em parte, comodecorrência do surgimento de formas alternativas de crédito, tal como a venda antecipada desoja por meio de contratos. O problema que motivou este estudo foi decorrente das quebrascontratuais por parte dos...

The debate about the governance of complex systems of production represents a rich branchof the literature of applied organization theory. The particular application to agro‐relatednetworks is a relevant example since agriculture plays new roles in modern society. The coreof the analysis is...

This study investigates the reasons which lead the companies to keep simultaneous vertical integrated, third part and hybriddistribution channels. Companies establish different coordination structures, the organizational arrangements, which determine howthe agents involved cooperate to the...

What are the determinants of the commercial channelchoice in the beef producers-processors transactions? The questionrefers to the coordination and production control problem associatedto changes in consumer’s awareness of specific attributes in foodproducts. Two contractual arrangements...

Transactions among agribusiness agents are not exclusivelycarried out on the market, being also governed by alternative types ofinstitutional arrangements, some of which determined upon contractualagreement. In the fertilizers sector, the companies intensified the offerof input packages to...

Measurement Cost Theory (MCT) and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) are both theoretical frameworks applied to the studyof economic transactions. In the MCT, the attributes’ measurability is a key variable for identifying efficient modes of governance.The application of MCT to agri systems...

Transaction costs are the costs to protect property rights. Institutions are shaped in order to control transaction costs in society. Studies have been developed to measure transaction costs both at the macro and microeconomic levels. Entry costs, i.e., the cost to start up a new business are...